Describe the best and worst qualities the main character in the book has, including textual evidence for both.

     The book I just finished reading was American Sniper by Chris Kyle. It is an autobiography about him as he tells his experience of being a Navy SEAL, while simultaneously falling in love and starting a family. Throughout his time in the military, he comes to be known as the most lethal sniper in American history. One of his best qualities was his dedication to his country. When the World Trade Center was hit on September 11, you could practically feel Chris Kyle's patriotism coming off the pages. As he retells part of his side of the story, he says, "I saw smoke pouring out of the World Trade Center in New York. I didn't understand what-all was happening. Part of me was still sleeping.Then as we watched, an airplane flew right into the side of the second tower... I stared at the screen, angry and confused, not entirely sure it was real," (pg 52). Chris is extremely patriotic, and would do almost anything for his country. And that is also why his dedication to his country is also one of his worst qualities. Don't get me wrong, I respect everything that the military does for our country. But Taya Kyle, his wife, is starting to get a little upset with him. He places the military (his country) above his family, which is extremely hard for a woman who has to raise her two kids practically all by herself while her husband is staring death in the face everyday. At one point, she says, "When he came back after this deployment, I felt almost shy. I was a new mother and had been doing things on my own for months. We were both changing and growing in totally separate worlds. He had no firsthand knowledge of mine and I had no firsthand knowledge of his, (pg 234). She later goes on to say, "I wanted to count on him, but I couldn't. His Team could, and total strangers who happened to be in the military could, but the kids and I certainly could not...when he had to choose, he didn't choose us," (pg 348). Taya loved Chris to death, but couldn't depend on him to be there for her when she needed him most. That is why Chris Kyle's best and worst qualities is his dedication to his country.